To ask how much you drink in a week?

[Ballsygal]

I used to not drink at all but once I had my DD I started having half a glass of wine in the evening after I put her down. Over the years (she’s 10 now) that has increased. I’d now say that I drink at least two glasses of wine every night and at weekends an extra couple of beers / a cocktail. Is that a lot? What do you drink?

1 bottle of wine lasts me a week. I used to just drink at weekends- I need to get back to that

I’ve really scaled back since Covid and only a couple a week

Most weekdays I drink a bottle of wine and more on weekends. It is too much and I need to cut down.

Drink nothing at all and haven't since the hangover to end all hangovers in May 2020

I don't drink. I would have a very occasional drink at the weekends but both dh and I are t total 99% of the time.

@MichaelFabricantWig I don't think I did say her drinking was normal, just that it maybe wasn't so helpful to respond as yes I drink next to nothing. What's the point? Good for you but it doesn't change how much op is drinking.

I drink over a bottle of wine every night. I hate myself

Please don’t. Hating yourself perpetuates the problem. Talk to somebody, just anybody.

I have to say I'm coming round to this train of thought. During lockdown I drank daily and got to the point where I felt I needed / deserved a drink, especially on the weekend.

My DC started asking questions about what we were drinking and I felt uncomfortable with that. I started drinking a lot less.

I haven't had a drink in a couple of weeks. Had a few boozy (for me) nights last month and felt awful afterwards. I'm going out this weekend and I'll probably have no more than 3 units or equivalent to one large glass of wine. Or I might not drink at all.

I suggest you stop for a week or two and see what feelings come up. Are you craving alcohol? What need is it meeting? Why do you feel you need it?

I’ve not drunk any for several weeks. Feel so much better for it.

Go and get a Liver Function Test. I used to drink less than you, I got an LVT along with other tests for a condition I had and it came up abnormal twice. I stopped drinking completely and immediately. I look back and cant believe I was putting a half a bottle of wine away a night and more on weekends. Stopping alcohol was the best thing I ever did. I have friends with tough jobs and busy lives putting away a bottle a night with no idea the damage they are doing.

Was this a blood test?

I was getting to a point where I was having a big glass of gin every night but I realised I was using it as a mechanism for coping with stress from work and that wasn't healthy. Cut back to drinking 1-2 glasses of gin on Friday and Saturday.

I sometimes get the urge to have a drink on Thursday and feel like I "need" it but I avoid it and wait until Friday

Only because I've heard blood tests show really late and I'm not sure what alternative function test there is; if there is one would get privately.

Sorry, I didn’t mean to infer you had said that.

But if only heavier drinkers reply then it’s easier to think oh good my drinking isn’t a problem. And as you said yourself, the OP asked

I’ve been there seeking validation for my own drinking and reassurance that if people drank similar/more than me I was OK (I wasn’t OK).

People comfortable with their own level of consumption don’t need to try and do that.

Liver fibroscan apparently

@MichaelFabricantWig that's a very sensible reply and I totally agree.

Up until a couple of weeks ago I was drinking a bottle of wine most nights. Decided to have a rest and reset and haven't drunk since, I'm planning on getting to the end of the month without a drink

Zero. I’m in my 50s. I used to drink occasionally, though I was never a big drinker. It was quite easy for me to give up, and now I’m used to it. I don’t miss it at all. I’m happy to go to a pub and have soft drinks.

The OP asked a question some of the answers are a bottle a night some of the answers are zero, seems fair enough to me unless you think we should be walking on eggshells around the subject 🤷‍♀️

I used to drink that amount, and it's too much. Took me a couple of goes but I now am a non drinker and feel so much better for it. Better quality sleep is the biggest one, waking up feeling refreshed, as well as better mental health, skin, nails, hair. I could go on!

These answers are just stupid saying that you drink every night but “ fit and healthy “. How do you know what’s going in in your body. Liver failure is sneaky and fast. You won’t know until it’s happened. You won’t get warning signs. Silly to quote your mother too because you aren’t necessarily going to follow the same health trends for a multitude of reasons, from environmental to generational. Just excuses

@BellePeppa yeah that's fair I guess, but imagine you were in a horrible place asking this question.

@MichaelFabricantWig I agree with that too. I started drinking a lot more when I was going through a divorce and started spending a lot more time with an exceptionally boozy bunch of friends. Confirmation bias. I’d question my own drinking but it was so normal in this group it seemed ok. I’ve had to take a bit of a step back and ignore what everyone else is doing.

More than that

Nothing. I have other vices ...... 😚